Sash-retaining device for windows.



J. A. GOGHRANE.

SASH RETAINING nnvrcn FOR WINDOWS.

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1,129,550, Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

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JAMES ALEXANDER COCHRANE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

SASH-RETAINING- DEVICE FOR WINDOWS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed February 10, 1914. Serial No. 817,866.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES A. Comments, acitizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sash-Retaining Devices for WVindows; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

' This invention relates to new and useful improvements in means forholding sashes in window frames.

The invention comprises a simple and efficient device of this naturehaving various details of construction, combinations and arrangements ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appendedclaim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of a sash of a window and frame showing theapplication of my invention, parts being illustrated in section, andFig. 2 is a detail perspective view.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the frame of a window of the usual construction and B and Cthe sashes thereof. A removable sash-retaining strip K has a plate 0fastened to the face thereof near its lower portion and the lower end ofsaid plate projects beyond the end of the strip and is designed toengage a recess Q formed in the bottom of the sill. It will be notedthat the strip K has a beveled portion'at its lower end which engages abeveled wall of said recess. The upper portion of the strip K is beveledas at R and engages the lower beveled end of a strip S. Secured to theface of the strip K, adjacent to its upper end, is a plate T with araised portion T, conveXed upon its lower edge and adapted to be engagedby the bail-shaped member \f which is pivotally mounted upon the castingJ fixed to said strip S and which member, when swung down to a lockingposition, is designed to engage the rounded or convexed edge of theraised portion T to securely hold the strip K in place.

A rope M has a retaining member I connected thereto and which latter ispositioned in a recess I in the sash. The retaining member I is providedwith an integral loop I adapted to engage over a headed lug I fastenedto the wall of said recess. Said rope and attachment afford meanswhereby the rope may be conveniently detached from the sash in the eventof it being desired to remove the sash from the window. A plate having adownwardly extending hook K is fastened to the sash A and is provided toreceive the loop when detached from the sash.

In operation, when it is desired to remove the sash, the bail-shapedmember W is first swung outwardly to release the same from the plate 'I,after which the upper end of the strip K may be swung outward away fromthe frame and the strip K may then be raised so that the plate 0 willdisengage the slot W. When the strip K is returned to its fixedposition, the lower beveled end thereof and the plate will engage theslot and beveled portion of the sill, as described, while the upperbeveled end of the strip K will engage the lower end of the strip S,after which the locking member may be swung down to position shown inFig. 2 of the drawings.

What I claim to be new is I In combination with a window frame having asill with a recess at one end thereof, one wall of the recess beingbeveled and the other wall formed bythe side of the frame, a sashretaining strip having its lower end beveled, 'a' plate fastened to theface of said strip and projecting below the lower beveled end thereofand adapted to engage said recess, and means for holding the upperportion of said strip to the side of the frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES ALEXANDER OOCHRANE.

Witnesses:

EMIL J. VILLNOW, HARRY T. CLEMENT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

